GeoNames Forum

Hi,

Where do you get the feature data information from? For some points (I was looking points in the Seattle area / Space Needle etc) the lat/lng data is off by 1 or 2 blocks.

Do you plan to update the information?

Thanks,

Paul

Hello

The data for the US is from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. It is updated once per year.

http://geonames.usgs.gov/index.html

We have upgraded today to googlemaps version 2. Some users have reported misalignments compared to version 1.
http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/browse_thread/thread/b464d59d668def62/331cd3d342d7b4e1#331cd3d342d7b4e1

Do you see a systematic error in our data? If yes we would like to know it and report it to google. If only some points are inaccurate you can directly change it on our site using the 'move' link or you can report it to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.

Marc